Foreign Agents on Battleship "Politely Put Ashore"
LONDON, Sunday:--Secret service men on duty on the battleship Nelson, lying off Southend, and which is open to visitors as…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937
229 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 12
Fire on Steamer Speeding For Cape Town
LONDON, Monday:-- The British steamer Welcombe (5,122 tons) sent: a radio message at 7.34 p.m. stating that, fire had broken out, but had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Steamer Kakariki Legal Tangle Develops
MELBOURNE, Thursday: -- The wreck of the steamer Kakariki sunk after a collision with the steamer Caradale on January 29 has become…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Deaths Minmi Wreck SYDNEY
A tribute to the work of the rescuers was paid to-day by the survivors of the collier Minmi which went ashore on the point of Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Where Dick Turpin Once Hid Wreckers Doom Ghost To Wander Forever
An old house in Hornchurch said to have been the home of Dick Turpin's mother, where the highwayman once found refuge for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion Wrecks Seaplane Three of Crew Killed PARIS
France's latest trans-Atlantic passenger seaplane, embodying five years of research, unexpectedly dipped irom a height of 150 feet in a trial flight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cheers Afloat and Ashore King Reviews His Navy Ships in Gala Dress Lines Of Might, Majesty Dominion And Power
LONDON, Thursday:-- Salvoes of the Royal salute of 21 guns from each ship, punctuating the roar of cheers afloat and ashore, marked the Royal yacht's emergence from Portsmouth for the King's review of the Fleet, while the bands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yacht Wrecked on Reef Crew Reported Sato Plans for World Cruise Ended
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- A private cable message received in Sydney stated that the American auxiliary yacht Hurricane has been wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of Collier Minmi. Inquiry Opened Charges Against Master of Vessel
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- An Inquiry was commenced to-day before Mr. J. A. Stevenson and Captains S. Day and W. Howell (assessors)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Ship Near Mackay Japanese Sampan ? Ketch Nearly Run Down
TONWNSVILLE, Thursday:-- A mystery ship, showing no lights or sign of life and moving rapidly under sails on three lofty masts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk. Seven of Crew Killed and Eight Injured
LONDON, Friday:--The steamer Cadon was struck by a bomb at Palma and sank in shallow water. Seven of the crew were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Producers Entitled to Rise Big Margin Might Wreck Equalisation Dairy Produce Board Criticised CASINO
A STATEMENT that a rise in local butter prices was justified but not advisable at present and a strong criticism of the alleged inactivity of the Australian Dairy Produce Board and its alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Opened Fire Without Provocation Spaniards Blame Cruiser Steamer Sunk by Submarine
LONDON, Sunday:-A Valencia message states that while two Spanish Government aeroplanes were making a reconnaissance flight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Wreckage in Sea Kingsford Smith's Machine ?
RANGOON, Tuesday:--A wheel, a tyre, and an axle of an aeroplane believed to be possibly parts of the late Sir Charles Kingsford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing American Air Liner Wreckage Found on Mountain Peak
NEW YORK, Sunday:--A message from Alpine states that a huge air liner which vanished on September 15 last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Evidence of Organisation Japanese Pearlers Schooner to Carry Fuel and Stores
DARWIN, Tuesday:--Further evidence of the powerful organisation by which the Japanese are slowly but surely downing all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked Fishing Launch
Is there a mystery of the sea behind the find of a wrecked fishing launch on Ocean Beach, about two miles north of New Brighton? The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Launch Found On Beach MULLUMBIMBY
Mystery surrounds the finding of a wrecked fishing launch on the beach about two miles north of New Brighton. The craft was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drastic Purge in White Russia Alleged Wrecking of Crops Suicide of President Reported
LONDON, Wednesday:--A message from Moscow states that a drastic purge in White Russia, involving members of the Cabinet,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Wrecking in White Russia Moscow
THE drastic purge in White Russia, involving Cabinet Ministers, was revealed at a conference of the White Russia party…
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